Jack Johnson – Sittin‘ Waitin‘ Wishin‘ (the verse is a bit to low, but the chorus is fun)

The Kinks – Lola (classic)

Tenacious D – Tribute (the metaller know it)

Oasis – Wonderwall (played to often, imho)

Bloodhound Gang – Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Kilo (fun, if you can remeber and pronounce the text)

Coldplay – Scientist (that’s a good one)

Metallica – Nothing else matters(classic, try to do it perfect or don’t do it – that’s why it isn’t at the top)

Try these ones too:

Oasis – Stand by me

Staind – Outside

R.E.M. – Losing my religion (played to often?)

Nirvana – About a girl

Razorlight – Wire to Wire

R.E.M. – Final Straw

Leadbelly/Nirvana – Where did you sleep last night?

Simon and Garfunkel – Mrs Robinson(classic)

Scouting for girls – Heartbeat

Scorpions – Wind of Change

Phantom Planet – California (if you’ve got a high voice)

Blink 182 – Going to college (try the acoustic version on youtube)

The Offspring – Self Esteem

The Vines – Highly Evolved(for Australia)

Coldplay – Life is for living

The Offspring – Pretty fly (for a white guy) (hard to play on acoustic, but fun, if you’ve got a good voice)

You can only play these if you have an amp or it’s kind of a quiet place:

Plain White T’s – Hey there Delilah

Snow Patrol – Run

Coldplay – Fix you

3 Doors Down – Here without you

To be extended…

Basically, you can try everything from Nirvana, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Metallica, 3 Doors Down, Coldplay, Nickelback, Snow Patrol, Green Day, Blink 182, The Offspring, R.E.M., Oasis…so Bands, the people know and which have much airplay or are in the charts. You could also try songs which are used as soundtracks in popular films.